Hi, I’m Charlotte.

The Kindness Change is about three things: leading with kindness, finding joy, and living well — and about not waiting too long to do any of it. The ship sets sail. Don’t let it leave before you’ve been kind, found joy, and lived well.

Leading with Kindness. Even to the people who don’t deserve it. Especially then.

Joy. Not the big, rare kind — the small, daily kind you have to choose to notice.

Living well. Research keeps confirming what I believe: kindness and joy don’t just feel good; they help us live longer, healthier lives.

I work in change and transformation, helping people navigate it. This line of work taught me that the same is true in business as it is in life — the leaders who lead with kindness are often the ones who lead best. This blog is where I bring together ideas and insights about kindness as the cornerstone…

I started this blog in 2016, after losing someone close to me — a life cut short of everything he deserved, and time that ran out too soon. That loss,  what my parents taught me about kindness, and the cultures I’ve lived in since (my roots stretch across South Africa, Denmark, and India) shaped what I believe now: kindness isn’t softness; it’s strength with boundaries sometimes— and it lifts the giver more than we ever realise.

I’m a family woman with a big love for all things: banana, coconut, and chocolate. My faith carries much of my joy and strength.

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men.” — Galatians 6:9-10 (KJV)

Life is short. The ship won’t wait. Choose kindness.

Charlotte xx